Simple MySQL Master HA with mysqlnd_ms

MySQL Performance Blog

I had the pleasure of presenting to the PHP Users Group Philippines a few days ago about mysqlnd_ms. The mysqlnd plugin, MySQL Master Slave, is a transparent layer on top of mysqlnd extension. This allows you to do read-write splitting and slave reads load…

14 July 2014

PHP vs. Node.js: The REAL statistics

Hacker News

When it comes to web programming, I’ve always coded in ASP. NET or the LAMP technologies for most part of my life. Now, the new buzz in the city is node.js. It is a light-weight platform that runs javascript code on server-side and is said to improvise…

10 June 2014

Implications of New Apple Swift Language for Developers

Hacker News

We literally wrote the book on it – the Amazon best-selling iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. From a macOS app used by millions of people every day to an innovative iOS app that communicates to your connected home or even a top-rated Apple Watch…

10 June 2014

Btns.css – All the button styles you need in 653B of CSS

Hacker News

This light-weight* css module is a set of simple utilities you can use to create a variety of button style links. Easily customize or extend btns.css to fit your sites styles. This light-weight* css module is a set of simple utilities you can use to…

9 June 2014

What Developers Should Know About Apple’s TestFlight

Neglected Potential

When Apple acquired Burstly, makers of TestFlight, earlier this year, many were hopeful that Apple was finally ready to provide developers with an easy way to manage beta testing. So naturally, developers responded to Apple’s official announcement of the…

8 June 2014

Swift impressions

Hacker News

Occasionally I have a good reason to pull an idea out of the queue and start writing a new computer program. Today marks one of those happy occasions. Apple announced a nifty new programming language called Swift, and as a long-time Objective-C developer,…

8 June 2014

Node.js in Production

Hacker News

When running a node application in production, you need to keep stability, performance, security, and maintainability in mind. Outlined here is what I think are the best practices for putting node.js into production. By the end of this guide, this setup…

3 June 2014

Learn how to work with Apple's new programming language, Swift

Macworld

Curious about Apple's new programming language, Swift? The company has put out a free 500-page ebook for interested developers on the iBooks Store.(itunes.apple.com)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

3 June 2014